Workforce Development
Although New Ventures does not specialize in economic development or workforce development consulting as separate fields, Anne has found that workforce development is increasingly central to planning and system building in the areas of aging, behavioral health, community schools, healthcare, and justice-involved initiatives. Workforce development becomes an important part of building plans that work, and consulting to system development that is practical and “do-able.”
“With the retirement of ‘baby boomers’ and the impact of Covid, many fields have lost key parts of their workforce – from frontline workers to managers and leaders who direct large scopes of work,” says Anne. “It is important to understand these trends and how to address them.”
Economic development also features prominently in research and system development, especially when working with rural counties that have been losing population, jobs and capital for decades.
Examples of Workforce Development in Projects Include:
- Devolution Toolkit consulting in Arizona, California, Florida, Louisiana, New Mexico and Texas
- Los Alamos County Social Services Department
- Northern New Mexico Health Commons
- Northern New Mexico Benefits Enrollment Center
- Rio Arriba County Behavioral Health Investment Zone
- Middle Rio Grande Economic Development Association’s Behavioral Health Collaborative
- Sierra County – OliveTree Delegated Behavioral Health Partnership
- Grant County Collaborative Community Senior Services Plan
- Community Needs & Assets Assessments for Community Schools
- Center for Health Innovation’s Behavioral Health SUD Network for the Justice Involved
- Grant County Senior Services Network
- Rio Arriba County Aging & Senior Services Plan
